The good news: Developers are becoming increasingly aware of the threat posed by SQL injection attacks and the pitfalls of leaving pre vulnerable to such attacks. The bad news: there are other types ...

While different security researchers may haggle over the exact ranking of SQL injection attacks compared to other common maladies, such as XSS and CSRF, few would deny that SQLi and its other ...

[The following is excerpted from "Anatomy Of A SQL Injection Attack," a new report posted this week on Dark Reading's Database Security Tech Center.] It started with a vulnerability on a password ...

So, in catching up with blogs after vacation, I went and had a peak at Michael Howard's web log, and was glad to see another post from him. His posts are very insightful (I just wish he would post ...

A new tool is making the rounds on the criminal underground. Called Katyusha Scanner, this is a hybrid between a classic SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability scanner and Anarchi Scanner, an open-source ...

As a web developer, I often read articles about hackers (from the lowly to the knowledgeable) infiltrating websites via the dreaded 'SQL Injection' method and completely taking control, changing, ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Web servers getting hacked seems to be somewhat common these days depending on their exposure, though ...